How Goldman Sachs Profited from the Greek Debt Crisis
The recent crisis in Greece offers yet another illustration of Wall Street’s powers of persuasion and predation as Goldman Sachs has profited from Greece’s debt. This is now an issue of morality, don't you think?
This Trump hire is hazardous to your health (and not just your Medicare)
With this choice, Trump's made it clear that his campaign was a lie.
Poll Shows Only 1 in 4 Americans Wants More US Involvement Abroad; Cuba and...
Americans no longer want any more involvement overseas. How out of touch can the presidential candidates be on foreign policy public opinion?
The Left needs to be a movement, not a bunch of lobbyists
We need to focus on big demands and big issues that benefit all but the ruling elites and that will fundamentally change the way the country operates.
‘Only the people can save the people,’ say migrant workers
The National Day Laborers Organizing Network (NDLON) embodies an ethos of “solidarity, not charity,” in both fire relief and immigrant rights.
Chris Hedges and Wallace Shawn on politics, playwriting and power
The two discuss experiences working in other countries and how those experiences led them, as Hedges puts it, to “grapple with the reality of empire.”
What I saw in Cuba was resilience
It was a country enduring a 66-year siege, and a people who, against all odds, continue to build, create, and care for one another.
Climate change, extreme weather, destructive lifestyles
If we continue in the selfish, greedy, divisive ways of the past, the weather patterns will become more extreme and unpredictable, the air and waterways will become more toxic, loss of life will increase and the associated environmental ills will deepen.
How to Steal from the Taxpayers While Blaming the Poor
As poor Americans continue to get blamed for being poor, it's the free-market system that pays them too little to avoid being dependent on the safety net—the vicious circle of hypocrisy.
Why won’t Biden wave the magic wand in his hand to stop Israel?
If stopping genocide is not a good enough reason for Biden to rein in Israel’s blood thirst, is losing the 2024 election a risk he’s willing to take?






